diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index aa9d97ba477b..36362635b154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ jobs:
           - name: x86_64-gnu
             os: ubuntu-latest-xl
             env: {}
+          - name: x86_64-gnu-stable
+            env:
+              IMAGE: x86_64-gnu
+              RUST_CI_OVERRIDE_RELEASE_CHANNEL: stable
+            os: ubuntu-latest-xl
           - name: x86_64-gnu-aux
             os: ubuntu-latest-xl
             env: {}
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/run.sh b/src/ci/docker/run.sh
index c2ff62e74816..3a47076722c3 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/run.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/run.sh
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ docker \
   --env TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN \
   --env TOOLSTATE_REPO \
   --env TOOLSTATE_PUBLISH \
+  --env RUST_CI_OVERRIDE_RELEASE_CHANNEL \
   --env CI_JOB_NAME="${CI_JOB_NAME-$IMAGE}" \
   --init \
   --rm \
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
index 343091cb779f..e704071e401b 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
@@ -407,6 +407,17 @@ jobs:
           - name: x86_64-gnu
             <<: *job-linux-xl
 
+          # This job ensures commits landing on nightly still pass the full
+          # test suite on the stable channel. There are some UI tests that
+          # depend on the channel being built (for example if they include the
+          # channel name on the output), and this builder prevents landing
+          # changes that would result in broken builds after a promotion.
+          - name: x86_64-gnu-stable
+            env:
+              IMAGE: x86_64-gnu
+              RUST_CI_OVERRIDE_RELEASE_CHANNEL: stable
+            <<: *job-linux-xl
+
           - name: x86_64-gnu-aux
             <<: *job-linux-xl
 
diff --git a/src/ci/run.sh b/src/ci/run.sh
index 35f80a935c69..c5e225c7cd17 100755
--- a/src/ci/run.sh
+++ b/src/ci/run.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ fi
 # Always set the release channel for bootstrap; this is normally not important (i.e., only dist
 # builds would seem to matter) but in practice bootstrap wants to know whether we're targeting
 # master, beta, or stable with a build to determine whether to run some checks (notably toolstate).
-export RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL="$(cat "${ci_dir}/channel")"
+if [[ -z "${RUST_CI_OVERRIDE_RELEASE_CHANNEL+x}" ]]; then
+    export RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL="$(cat "${ci_dir}/channel")"
+else
+    export RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL="${RUST_CI_OVERRIDE_RELEASE_CHANNEL}"
+fi
 RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --release-channel=$RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL"
 
 if [ "$DEPLOY$DEPLOY_ALT" = "1" ]; then